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Negotiations and protests ongoing in wake of oil spills in Peruvian Amazon
2016-09-05 20:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Negotiations on Aug. 31 between national government officials and leaders and residents of Nueva Alianza, an indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon, ended an impasse over cleanup of about 4,000 barrels of oil that spilled from two pipeline breaks 10 days earlier. But the talks left many questions unanswered and local residents dissatisfied. While the meeting was under way in Nueva Alianza, at the confluence of the Urituyacu and Maraón rivers in Perus northeastern Loreto region, a protest...
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